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DCS flyer / ARMA grunt
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Pic of the day: Circuit at Gloriavale
Background: Loading up my recently added Ortho for the South Island I picked a random airfield to fly around to check it out. It turned out to be Gloriavale, a religious community from a TV reality show. They picked quite… Read More ›
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WIP – West Coast
It looks like some parts of the West coast has had drinks spilt on it. Here’s a quick before and after WIP shot. Other patches are a real muddy brown mixture that I’ve tried to correct. I’m guessing it’s coffee…. Read More ›
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NZ Ortho, WIP – Lower Altitude
Last night I got a little lower, into the valleys around Kaikoura (best viewed full size) Up next, will be some of the West Coast, around Greymouth. You can see how things are progressing over there. It looks like the… Read More ›
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Hanmer Springs WIP Shots
Heading past Hanmer Springs area, the Alps are looking really nice and blending well. Towards the East it’s very very dry and yellow, while the deep native bush is great further to the west. Who doesn’t want to follow some… Read More ›
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South Island WIP – North Canterbury
Work is progressing with the South Island. You can see above that the North Canterbury hills around Kaikoura are pretty large. This area is dry, so I’ve been doing some balancing work because it was so much brighter. In the… Read More ›
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Lyndiman’s Ortho – Beta 1 Patch
It’s a bit weird to release a patch to a beta release but it’ll help those that have the beta and need the fixes to the tiles that aren’t working. It’s much better to do that than require everyone to… Read More ›
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Away for a couple of days
I saw a couple of comments that the North Island ortho is giving errors because of unused terrain files that don’t have textures matching up. Those should have been removed when I reworked tiles with different sources. If someone could… Read More ›
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WIP Shot of the day
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South Island – 1 tile done, HDD issues
Here’s a few shots from the top of the South Island. These were actually taken before the Overlay went on, so it actually has more details now, with trees, buildings, roads and power lines added on top. There’s quite a… Read More ›
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South Island Test
Having begun the South Island I did a quick test on a few images and the results are encouraging. Here’s a random after/before of one of the photos. See if you can find the seam! Initially I thought the South… Read More ›
